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Team 537 is a FIRST Robotics Team located in Sussex, WI and hosted by Sussex Hamilton High School. To learn more about this great organization please use the menu to the left to navigate within our pages. To get started, you may want to view our About Us page, our History page, or our Gallery.

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Charger Robotics Invitational

April 28, 2009 (7:00PM)

The 2nd annual Charger Robotics Invitational (CRI) will be held on July 25, 2009, at Sussex Hamilton High School. Team registration is $175.00 and will be open until June 26th. See the link for videos of last years games.
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Kansas City

April 27, 2009 (3:00PM)

Charger Robotics competed at the Greater Kansas City Regional in February where we won the Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers Entrepreneurship Award.

Mini Regional!

April 26, 2009 (7:26PM)

The Charger Robotics Mini Regional/Open House/Raffle was held on February 15th! A good time was had by all.

Wisconsin Regional

April 26, 2009 (7:24PM)

Team 537 placed 13th after competing with 52 other teams at the Wisconsin Regional on March 12-14. We were picked by the 4th seed (Team 1652) to play in the quarter finals along with Team 141. Team 537 was presented with the Judges Award and our Lead Mentor, Chris Paulik, won the Woodie Flowers Award.

2008 - 2009 Build Team

April 26, 2009 (12:00AM)

The 2008 - 2009 Build Team has been selected! For the full team list, please check the email sent out by Chris Paulik. Congratulations to this years leads, which are listed below:

Team Lead - Andy Michalski
Lead Student Designer - Kristin Cox
Scouting/Strategy - Sarah Wilkerson
Course/Crate Lead - Gina Phillipi
Safety Captain - Kelsey Gratz
Mechanical Lead - Tricia Horvath
Electrical Lead - Evan Thompson
Code&Software Lead - Matt Kline
Webmaster - Kelsey Gratz
Video Lead - Cathie Traub
Animation Lead - Andy Kerber

Congratulations to everyone! For those of you who did not acquire your desired lead position, remember: there are plenty of opportunities to prove yourself during Build Season.

Robotics Raffle Winners

February 16, 2009 (9:19AM)

1st Prize Flatscreen TV ~Kimberly Steiner
2nd Prize Laptop ~Laurie Vertz
3rd Prize $300 ~Dave Ryan
$50 Piggly Wiggly Gift Card ~Chris Cmeyla
$50 Hand & Stone Gift Card ~Katie Speckin
$20 Applebee\'s Gift Card ~Betty Schultz
$20 Home Depot Gift Card ~ Don Kerber
$20 Worth of Starbucks Merchandise ~Mike Folks
$20 Sentry Gift Card ~Jean Thurler
$20 Kruegers Gift Card ~Steve Michalski
$15 Su Casa Gift Card ~Tom Trzebiatowski
$15 Su Casa Gift Card ~Scott Bolts
$15 AK Nails Gift Card ~Ron Dahl
$10 Papa Murphy Gift Card ~Don Kerber
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Paul Barkowiak
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Fred Ellner
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Eriz Daniels
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Don Kerber
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Dolores Wechter
McDonalds Gift Cards ~John Byrne
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Kline
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Dodd Egan
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Jeff Smits
McDonalds Gift Cards ~Linda Kind

Charger Robotics Invitational a Success

May 20, 2008 (12:00AM)

This past weekend, Team 537 hosted the first ever Charger Robotics Invitational. The two day event featured eight teams from around the area competing in the FIRST based game, Overdrive, with a few twists. The winning alliance, including Team 537, 1675 The Ulitimate Protection Squad, and 930 The Mukwonago BEARS, were all given trophies to commemorate the event. Students and volunteers participated in a human competition where they completed tasks like the robots. To view video of the human competition, follow the link below.

Results from West Michigan

March 23, 2008 (3:54AM)

This past weekend, the Chargers competed at the West Michigan Regional. On Friday, the team was recognized with the Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Beyer's Entrepreneurship Award, the second of our competition year. This same award was also presented to us at the Milwaukee Regional last weekend. Congratulations to the students who all participated and contributed in the way to earning this award!

Concerning the actual competition, the team did well. 537 was picked to go onto the Quarter Finals by the 4th seeded teams in the last picking. The Martians and More Martians chose our team to go on with them, just as they had done last year at the Buckeye Regional Competition; Martian Sandwhich part Two! Our alliance won the Quarterfinal Match against the 5th seeded alliance, and went on to compete against the 1st seed, which included 4 time world champion, Team Hammond, 71. Our alliance defeated the opponent in the first match, but were not so lucky in the second and third.

With all this in mind, Team 537 did not qualify for the Atlanta Championships this year. Updates will be posted of Post-Season activities yet to come. Keep checking your emails; updates are being sent frequently.

Congratulations, Team 537! Thanks for a great competition season!